Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:38:22 -0400
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] BusFusion Bound Trip Report #01
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Sleeping in the rest stop:
1. Pull in.
(1.a Check for large signs saying "no overnight parking ever under any
circmstances, no sleeping, no spending more than two hours here." Some rest
stops have signs that say "no camping, no staying here for more than ten
hours at a stretch unless it's an emergency which includes blizzards or you
are too tired to keep driving." That's an invitation to overnight, if you
ask me.)
2. Find a spot not too isolated but not right under the lights and next to
the trash cans.
3. Use the facilities.
4. Stretch out in your van and go to sleep. Lock the van doors. Don't pop
the top.
5. In the morning, use the facilities.
6. Hit the road, feeling well rested with your pockets as full as ever!
Joy
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Joy Hecht
now living in a real house in northern Virginia
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
lugging Joy and her stuff around...
For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place:
http://www.joyhecht.net
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wetwesties@yahoogroups.com] On
:::Behalf Of patience reilly
:::Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 7:28 AM
:::To: Phil W. Zimmerman; wetwesties@yahoogroups.com;
:::Vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
:::Subject: Re: [WetWesties] BusFusion Bound Trip Report #01
:::
:::Hi Phil, et al.
:::Glad to hear about how great you can sleep in a rest
:::stop. Any hints, on how you make that happen? I am
:::getting ready to head to Southern California, from
:::Northern Oregon, and want to use rest areas on the
:::trip down and the trip up.
:::
:::Any one have favorite rest stops on I-5 in Oregon and
:::California?
:::
:::
:::
:::Patience in Silverton, Or.
:::--- "Phil W. Zimmerman" <philzimm1@oberon.ark.com>
:::wrote:
:::
:::> Hi Gals & Guys,
:::>
:::> Finally blew-town on Saturday May 26th.
:::> New Pirelli STR Tyres installed, fresh oil in
:::> the WBX and bills paid for the next three months.
:::> Geezus, the myriad of details it takes to get on
:::> the road takes longer than the trip itself..... if
:::> you know what I mean.
:::>
:::> Anywho, about a mile South of town I am yelling (to
:::> myself):
:::> Yippee, hurrah I'm free, I'm free... free at last!
:::> Sorry
:::> Dr. King, I know what you had in mind with this
:::> pontification
:::> was not intended for white-guy schmucks like me but,
:::> the feeling
:::> is perhaps similar. So much for
:::> Socio-political/Philosophical
:::> mumblings... I am On-The-Road to Westie Bliss,
:::> Nirvana or Valhalla.
:::>
:::> First stop was a lack-luster Rest-Stop East of Moses
:::> Lk, Washington
:::> for some sleep at 10:00PM.... Zzzzzzzzzz, I sleep
:::> well in rest-stops.
:::> Sunday morning I joined the WetWestie Camp-out at
:::> Admiral Farragut
:::> (AKA Damn the torpedoes full-speed ahead) State Park
:::> on beautiful
:::> Lake Pend Oreille. Thanks to Cami & Brian for
:::> hosting. Many familiar
:::> faces and a some really great new folks to meet and
:::> play show and tell
:::> with our westies. They left me nearly the whole park
:::> on Monday night.
:::>
:::> Tuesday took me East on ID/MT state routes 200/28/93
:::> to one of my favorite
:::> National (international) jewels, Glacier-Waterton
:::> Peace Park. Hoped to
:::> transit Going to the Sun Road for the view and test
:::> both mine and the westies
:::> lungs at the top of 6646ft/2025m Logan Pass.... Not!
:::> Snow still blocks the road or slide damage until an
:::> estimated opening of early July this year. So, here
:::> I sit on the shores of Lake McDonald at Sprague
:::> Creek Camp Site with a bunch of Tent-Campers.....
:::> who looked very annoyed at me this morning as I
:::> fired up the Espar furnace for some heat. Well, gosh
:::> it was all of 52 inside the Westie!
:::>
:::> Off to find some Wi-Fi and head towards Regina, SK.
:::> George, put on the coffee!
:::>
:::> Regards
:::>
:::> Phil Z.
:::> FusFusion & Labrador
:::>
:::> PS Wi-Fi's alluded me until today, Monday June 04.
:::> Now in Toronto, ON visiting with my daughter.
:::>
:::>
:::>
:::
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